One of the web's most prominent ad-blocking tools has been serving malware to Economist readers. In a message to subscribers, The Economist warned that anyone who visited the site between 11:52PM and 12:15AM GMT on Halloween night may have been exposed to malware. The malware was served as a result of a breach at Pagefair, a tool used to circumvent ad blockers.

The Economist urges readers to check it they were saddled with malware
Posted on 09.11.2015
Popular UK-based news outfit The Economist - or rather, some of its online readers - have become the latest confirmed victims of an attack executed by hacking anti-adblocking service PageFair.